The aim of this research is to conduct an extensive historical analysis of how the british news media reported the spanish civil war as it unfolded. The proposed research will combine: (1) a comprehensive audit of spanish civil war related covera ...

The seminars addressed the theoretical, methodological, managerial and practical problems arising in comparative social science research projects across eu member states, with the overall aim of contributing to a better understanding of the research ...

Background : psychotherapy is done in a variety of ways, but the most common generally proceed by a series of roughly hour-long meetings between therapist and client. They talk; normally, the therapist asks questions, and the client responds, doing m ...

Methods for analysing the contents of the mass media have not developed as much as the potential provided by computing, and innovations in theory allow. The research will test and develop innovative methods for the analysis of media content, in parti ...

This project aims to understand the meaning and practice of citizenship among contemporary immigrants. Current scholarship on this issue focuses on the alleged breakdown of the one-to-one relationship between formal and social membership in national ...

Titled, ‘modelling employee turnover’, the project examines the decision process people go through when they quit a job. The project tests one influential model of this decision process, by looking at a specific context: nursing turnover in the natio ...

This study uses interviews, questionnaires and case studies of experienced physical education teachers to address three questions. Firstly, what are the issues that physical education teachers have faced in their careers when attempting to access and ...

All parts of the engineering professions are quantitatively and hierarchically male-dominated. This is highly significant given the societal importance and impact of engineering on peoples lives. In response to skills shortages in technological exper ...

In today’s society where economic pressures mean resources are being squeezed, the end outcome of a valued service is still necessary. Being able to allocate staff as required and making the best use of these resources is critical for the longe ...

This project is a programme of knowledge exchange activities following on from a recently completed esrc-funded research project ‘developing media literacy: towards a model of learning progression’. Researchers are working with some of th ...